EP3821700B1 - Verbindungsvorrichtung für hagelschutznetze - Google Patents

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EP3821700B1
EP3821700B1 EP20200450.3A EP20200450A EP3821700B1 EP 3821700 B1 EP3821700 B1 EP 3821700B1 EP 20200450 A EP20200450 A EP 20200450A EP 3821700 B1 EP3821700 B1 EP 3821700B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G13/00—Protecting plants
    • A01G13/02—Protective coverings for plants; Coverings for the ground; Devices for laying-out or removing coverings
    • A01G13/0206—Canopies, i.e. devices providing a roof above the plants
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
    • F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
    • F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
    • F16B5/0664—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship at least one of the sheets or plates having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features

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  • This invention relates to a connecting device for anti-hail nets.
  • the invention relates to an improved connecting device for anti-hail or anti-rain nets used in the agricultural sector.
  • anti-hail nets In this description, reference is basically made to anti-hail nets, however they also include sheets or other products of similar shape or use.
  • Anti-hail nets are normally used for agricultural purposes to protect, from hail, fruit crops in which rows of fruit trees are distributed substantially parallel to each other.
  • the nets can be positioned relative to the plants to be protected, both by making two sloping sections, like a hut, and by means of a substantially flat arrangement, and also by enclosing the individual rows independently of each other.
  • the nets in order to guarantee a stable positioning and an equally stable retaining of the nets even in adverse weather conditions, the nets must be able to be secured to the respective supporting elements in a safe and reliable manner.
  • a further feature required in the application of the nets is that this operation can be performed quickly, since it may sometimes have to be carried out even in the event of imminent adverse weather conditions.
  • EP 1 716 747 A1 FR 2 876 009 A1 , EP 0 898 878 A1 and EP 2 108 503 A1 .
  • the aim of the invention is to provide a connecting device for anti-hail nets which overcomes the above-mentioned problems, and is at the same time simple to make and practical to use.
  • a further aim of the invention is to provide a connecting device for anti-hail nets which is reliable and inexpensive to make.
  • the numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a connecting device for anti-hail nets made in accordance with the invention.
  • the connecting device 1 for anti-hail nets comprises a first plate 2 and a second plate 3 which are shaped to match each other to engage each other in the clamping of anti-hail nets, not illustrated.
  • two portions of the same anti-hail net or two portions of separate anti-hail nets are interposed between the two first and second plates 2, 3 in such a way as to guarantee a stable mutual positioning.
  • the connecting device 1 in the embodiments illustrated in Figures 1 to 8 , comprises a plurality of sharpened elements 4 emerging from the first plate 2, the sharpened elements 4 being configured to penetrate through the net and engage in respective housings 5 made in the second plate.
  • the embodiment of the connecting device 1 illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 is without the above-mentioned sharpened elements but has two through holes F1, F2, designed to face each other in a substantially coaxial manner when the two first and second plates 2, 3 engage each other.
  • the two above-mentioned holes F1, F2 are configured for engaging a screw, not illustrated, for mutually clamping the two plates 2 and 3.
  • the above-mentioned and not illustrated tightening screw is of the self-tapping type.
  • a metallic threaded insert is inserted in one of the two above-mentioned holes F1, F2.
  • the sharpened elements 4 and the respective housings 5, together with the above-mentioned and not illustrated fastening screws define in their entirety, for the connecting device 1 in its various embodiments, respective means for clamping the first and second plates 2, 3.
  • both the first and second plates 2, 3 comprise a respective first structural portion 2a, 3a made of rigid thermoplastic material and a respective second surface portion 2b, 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material.
  • the connecting device 1 With reference to the first embodiment of the connecting device 1 illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 , it comprises two pairs of first and second plates 2 and 3, with the first plates 2 slidably coupled to each other at the respective face opposite that from which the above-mentioned sharpened elements 4 emerge.
  • the slidable coupling between the above-mentioned first plates 2 is of known type and preferably but not necessarily comprises a snap-on locking element the disengagement of which is actuated by a tab 6.
  • first and second plates 2, 3 comprise a respective first structural portion 2a, 3a made of rigid thermoplastic material, whilst only in the second plates 3 is a respective second surface portion 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material.
  • the first and second plates 2, 3 comprise a respective first structural portion 2a, 3a made of rigid thermoplastic material, whilst only in the second plate 3 is a respective second surface portion 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material.
  • the surface portion 3b made of elastomeric material has an annular extension which is approximately rectangular, and is designed, in a closed configuration not illustrated of the connecting device 1, to engage in a respective matching cavity 7, made in the second plate 2.
  • both the plates 2 and 3 have a respective second surface portion 2b, 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material.
  • the first structural portion 2a, 3a made of rigid thermoplastic material guarantees the mechanical strength of the device which, even if subjected to considerable forces, is able to remain integral and guarantee the required seal relative to the anti-hail nets.
  • the above-mentioned rigid thermoplastic material belongs to one of the chemical families included in the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters and filled or not filled polyolefins.
  • the above-mentioned rigid thermoplastic material is one between polyamide and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT).
  • the rigid thermoplastic material is filled with stiffening fibres such as, for example, glass fibres and/or mineral fibres.
  • thermoplastic elastomeric material of the second surface portion 2b, 3b is elastically deformable so as not to damage the portion of anti-hail net in the contact with the first structural portion 2a, 3a, when the portion of net is interposed between the two first and second plates 2, 3.
  • the rubbing, even prolonged, of the anti-hail net on it does not damage the latter unlike what could occur if the anti-hail net is rubbed with the more rigid material of the first structural portion 2a, 3a.
  • the damage could be even more accentuated if the rubbing occurred at the moulding burrs, which are notoriously sharp due to their negligible thickness and their often sharp shape.
  • thermoplastic material allows, in effect, the level of the stresses and the flattening which the first structural portion 2a, 3a imparts on the anti-hail net to be reduced.
  • thermoplastic material reduces the relative movements between the first plate 2 and the second plate 3, preventing the net from being pulled and/or flattened by these relative movements.
  • thermoplastic elastomeric material belongs to the family of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), or thermoplastic rubbers.
  • thermoplastic elastomeric material is a polyethylene.
  • the second surface portion made of thermoplastic elastomeric material is configured so as not to affect either the above-mentioned sharpened elements 4 or the respective housings 5.
  • thermoplastic elastomeric material could in effect result in damage to the latter with negative consequences on the effectiveness of the connecting device 1.
  • moulding burrs which are in any case present in the first structural portion 2a, 3a of each plate 2, 3, it is advantageous if the second surface portion 2b, 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material is configured to prevent the anti-hail net, when interposed between the first and second plates 2, 3, from striking against the moulding burs.
  • the above-mentioned second portion 2b, 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material is made by overmoulding.
  • the second portion 2b, 3b made of thermoplastic elastomeric material overmoulded on the first structural portion 2a, 3a made of rigid thermoplastic material guarantees optimum adhesion of the two portions 2a, 3a, 2b, 3b.
  • the connecting device 1 in the second, fourth and fifth embodiments comprises two hinge connecting elements 8 between the above-mentioned first plate 2 and second plate 3.
  • the hinge-like connecting elements 8 are advantageously made of rigid thermoplastic material, in a single body with the first structural portion 2a, 3a of each of the two first and second plates 2, 3.
  • the connecting elements 8 also contain a cover made of thermoplastic elastomeric material.
  • the above-mentioned rigid thermoplastic material is in any case sufficiently elastically deformable to allow the two plates 2, 3 to bend on each other.
  • the connecting device for anti-hail nets according to the invention achieves the preset aims and brings important advantages.
  • thermoplastic elastomeric material of the second surface portion 2b, 3b which retains it gently without wear and, above all, also prevents those limited relative movements between the plates and the net which in the long term can cause deterioration and breakages in the net.
  • a further advantage linked to the use of a connecting device according to the invention is due to the fact that the presence of the second portion made of elastomeric thermoplastic material prevents direct contact with portions which may also be sharp (for example moulding burrs or sharp edges) of the plates.

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  1. Verbindungsvorrichtung zum Verbinden von Hagelschutznetzen, umfassend:
    - eine erste Platte (2) und eine zweite Platte (3) mit Gegenform, um beim Klemmen von Hagelschutznetzen ineinanderzugreifen;
    - Befestigungsmittel zum Befestigen der ersten Platte (2) und der zweiten Platte (3) und zum Sicherstellen des stabilen Haltens einer Befestigungsposition mindestens eines Abschnitts des Hagelnetzes zwischen der ersten (2) und der zweiten (3) Platte, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eine zwischen der ersten (2) und der zweiten (3) Platte einen ersten strukturellen Abschnitt (2a, 3a), der aus einem starren thermoplastischen Material hergestellt ist, und einen zweiten oberflächlichen Abschnitt (2b, 3b), der aus einem thermoplastischen elastomeren Material hergestellt ist, umfasst, wobei der zweite Abschnitt elastisch verformbar ist, um den Abschnitt des Hagelschutznetzes nicht zu beschädigen.
  2. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sowohl die erste als auch die zweite Platte (2, 3) einen jeweiligen ersten strukturellen Abschnitt (2a, 3a), der aus starrem thermoplastischem Material hergestellt ist und einen jeweiligen zweiten oberflächlichen Abschnitt (2b, 3b), der aus thermoplastischem elastomerem Material hergestellt ist, umfassen.
  3. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Abschnitt (2b, 3b) aus thermoplastischem elastomeren Material durch Umspritzen hergestellt ist.
  4. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das starre thermoplastische Material zu einer der chemischen Familien gehört, die zur Gruppe gehören, die aus Polyamiden, Polyestern und gefüllten oder nicht gefüllten Polyolefinen besteht.
  5. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das thermoplastische elastomere Material ein Polyethylen ist.
  6. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Befestigungsmittel eine Vielzahl von geschärften Elementen (4) umfassen, die von einer ersten zwischen der ersten (2) und zweiten (3) Platte hervortreten und so ausgelegt sind, dass sie durch das Netz eindringen und in ihre jeweiligen Gehäuse (5) einrasten, die in der anderen zwischen der ersten und zweiten Platte (2, 3) erhalten sind, wobei der zweite oberflächliche Abschnitt (2b, 3b) aus thermoplastischem elastomeren Material hergestellt ist, das weder die geschärften Elemente (4) noch die Gehäuse (5) beeinträchtigt.
  7. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die erste (2) und die zweite (3) Platte geformt sind und jeweilige Formgrate aufweisen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite oberflächliche Abschnitt (2b, 3b), der aus thermoplastischem elastomeren Material hergestellt ist, so ausgelegt ist, dass er verhindert, dass das Hagelschutznetz, wenn es zwischen der ersten und zweiten Platten (2, 3) angeordnet ist, auf die Formgrate der Platten (2, 3) auftrifft.
  8. Verbindungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, einschließend gelenkige Verbindungselemente (8) zwischen der ersten (2) und der zweiten (3) Platte, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die gelenkigen Verbindungselemente (8) aus einem starren thermoplastischen Material hergestellt sind.
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